'Lunate' definitions:

Definition of 'lunate'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate]

Definition of 'Lunate'

From: GCIDE
  • Lunate \Lu"nate\, Lunated \Lu"na*ted\, a. [L. lunatus crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr. luna the moon.] Crescent-shaped; resembling the crescent moon; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. --Gray.
  • Syn: lunular, bicephalous, crescent(prenominal), crescent-shaped. [1913 Webster]

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